Hoping against hope By Ermin Garcia Jr. REVIEWING how things developed in the country over the past week, my hopes for a zero-COVID-19 by end of April were dashed. Seeing pictures of people and motorists in Metro Manila, the epicenter of COVID-19 in Luzon, clearly ignoring and defying government’s…
Duque, like Lapu-Lapu, is our first front liner By Al S. Mendoza IT was a below-the-belt blow. Why would some of our senators even call for the resignation of Francisco Duque III at all? We are presently battling the most vicious virus ever in this century. No room for…
The shortest distance between two points By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo FOSTERING a sense of intimacy requires physical, emotional, mental and spiritual bonding. It is easier to achieve the desired level of intimacy when couples live together. It becomes a challenge when they live apart, owing to the circumstances of…
COVID-19 upsets world’s three grand Tours calendar By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. WHEN France President Emmanuel Macron officially announced last week that France’s lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic will continue till May 11 at the earliest (and could be extended up to mid-July as the safest period), Tour de…
What goes around, comes around Unknown Author By Ashok G. Vasandani Here’s an article I read in www.moralstories.org that I’d like to share, something that we can all learn from. ONE day, a man saw an old lady stranded on the side of the road, but even in the…
Mayor Brian’s rapid test kits By Leonardo Micua WE read an article published online by a Manila daily that said the government has allotted P3.2 billion to buy rapid test kits, quoting the presidential adviser for entrepreneur Jose Maria Concepcion III, as saying this was done despite warning from the Department of Health…
All-out (proactive) war vs. COVID-19 needed By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE` objective of the extension of the Enhanced Community Quarantine in Luzon till April 30 is to finally establish with certainty that the contagion of COVID-19 will be stopped. Indeed, the whole exercise for the 45-day lockdown would come…
Even opportunists can have a good heart By Al S. Mendoza SINCE I reached my age of reason, I can’t remember any world crisis as cruel as this COVID-19 pandemic. The world reels almost in eternity under the weight of the plague that claims victims practically in wild abandon….
Pensioners with poverty line pensions By Virgiinia Jasmin Pasalo THE Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is tasked “to provide emergency subsidies of P5,000 to P8,000 for two months, as well as livelihood assistance grants to the low-income households affected by the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ).” The emergency…
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